Clifton, Virginia Weather
Clifton, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Clifton, Russell County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Clifton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Clifton is published on the Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) page, 5 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 3 airfields within reach of Clifton have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Clifton: Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) 42 km · Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 45 km
Conditions reported at KJFZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clifton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clifton.
About Clifton, Virginia
Clifton lies in a hollow where the land begins to fold itself into the steeper ridges of Russell County, its houses clustered along the banks of a creek that, depending on the season, can murmur or roar. It lies 36.0 miles north-north-east of Bristol, TN (from Bristol, TN: bearing 33°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south-south-west of Richlands. The surrounding hills are a deep, verdant green, cloaked in a dense growth of oak, maple, and pine that climbs the slopes with an almost defiant persistence, their summits often lost in the soft, atmospheric haze that settles here, particularly in the early morning or late afternoon. The air itself carries a certain coolness, a damp scent of earth and decaying leaves, even on the warmest days, a constant reminder of the water that shapes this place and the shadows cast by the towering trees. The sky above Clifton often appears as a bruised, luminous expanse, particularly when twilight descends, painting the western horizon with hues of lavender and rose that bleed into the darkening blue. This corner of Virginia, like many in Appalachia, carries the quiet hum of a history tied to the land and its resources. For generations, the economy of Clifton and its environs was intrinsically linked to the bounty of the surrounding hills, with coal mining once forming the backbone of its prosperity, leaving behind a legacy of both hardship and resilience. While the deep seams have long since been exhausted, the spirit of industry persists, now often finding expression in smaller, more diversified ventures, from local agriculture to crafts that draw upon the region's natural materials. The creek, a vital artery for the early settlements, still serves as a constant presence, its flow a gentle counterpoint to the stoic, enduring character of the people who call Clifton home, their lives marked by a deep connection to the cycles of nature and a quiet pride in their Appalachian roots.
Live animated radar for Clifton and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Clifton, Russell County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.029558°N, 81.830397°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24609, 20124 |
| Area Code | 571, 703 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clifton, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clifton, Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Clifton includes coordinates 37.029558°N, 81.830397°W, situated in Russell County. ZIP code 24609, 20124. Telephone area code: 571, 703. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
